With his wife about to give birth, David Bote hit a walk-off for the Cubs then went straight to the airport

The Cubs are playing better baseball than they demonstrated at the start of the year, heading into today’s game at Wrigley against the Diamondbacks with a record of 9-10. After a blown save from Pedro Strop, though, it looked like maybe the Wrigley faithful could end up going home unhappy.

Fortunately for the home crowd, the Cubs put men on the corners with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth, which brought David Bote to the plate. Bote, no stranger to big walk-off hits at Wrigley, came through again:

For most people, a walk-off hit in front of a home crowd would be the highlight of a lifetime, but for Bote it’s probably not even going to be the highlight of his day. That’s because as soon as the game ended, Bote skipped the media session and went straight from the stadium to the airport for a very good reason:

David Bote not available postgame. Had to leave right away to catch flight to Colorado for birth of his third child. No word if he just kept sprinting out of stadium in uniform.